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April 22, 1924.

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innen ROBERT STEWART CARTER, OF CALGARY, iStLlBERFlA,l CANADA.

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Application led February 11, 1922. Serial No. 535,879.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I ROBERT STEWART CAR- TER, a subject of the ling of Great Britain, of the city of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates construct-l ed of chain or other flexible material and the primary purpose of the invention is to provide an improved gate of this type adapted to bereleasably connected between a pair of gateposts and anchored, in a novel manner, to the ground and to one of said posts whereby the gate, when released, will collapse to the ground always in approximately the same position and in such manner as to leave the gate-way practically unobstructed thereby.

@ther objects of the invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which drawings:

Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a gate constructed and mounted in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of a modification.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 and l1 designate a pair of gate posts and 12 a fieXible gate adapted to be secured between said posts.

According to the present invention, the gate 12 is composed of spaced rows of horizontal lengths 14 and vertical lengths 15 of chain or other flexible material, connected at points of intersection by rings or links 16. The terminal horizontal lengths 14 at one end of the gate are secured to eye-bolts 17 which pass through the post 10 and are held in position by nuts 18, thus anchoring this end of the gate to the post. The gate is anchored at its lower edge by fixing to the lower vertical lengths 15, suitable anchors in the form of stakes 19 'which are driven into or embedded in the ground in any suitable manner.

The end of the gate 12, adjacent the post 11 is provided at the upper corner with a ring or bail 2O engageable with the bent end 21 of a lever 22. rlhis lever is pivoted to the post 11 as indicated at 23 and carries a suitable spring pressed pawl 24, engageable with an arcuate rack 25 to hold the lever in any position to which it may be adjusted.

ln the use of the gate, it will be evident that owing to the particular manner in which the gate is anchored at the lower edge and at one end that the same will always tend to fall to the ground in approximately the same position when released by disengag ing the bail or ring 2O with the lever end 21. When the gate is stretched across the gateway and ring 20 engaged with the lever, as shown in F ig. 1, the gate may be put under any desired tension within certain limits by releasing ythe spring pawl 24 and swinging the lever in the desireddirection, there being a slot provided in the post 11 to accommodate the'bent end 21 when the latter is moved toward the right.

in the modification shown in F ig. 2 the terminal horizontal lengths 14 at the right hand end of the gate are made of varying length, the shortest length being at the lower edge of the gate and the longest length at the upper edge thereof. rlhe extremities of these lengths 14 are interconvnected by short lengths 15 which, as shown,

are thus inclined outwardly from the lower to the upper edge of the gate. With this form of gate, the post 11 is supplied at its lower portion with an eye-bolt 26 connected, by a series of chains or lengths of other fiexik ble material 27, with the rings 16 at the intersection of the lengths 14 and 15. With this type of gate, it will be seen that there is a permanent connection of the gate to each ofthe gate posts instead of only to one post as in the preferred form.

It will be understood that the foregoing description and accompanying drawings disclose only what l now consider to be the preferred embodiment of my invention and, with this understanding, the right is reserved to resort to such modifications in the construction, arrangement and proportion of parts as may later prove desirable, providing of course, that the contemplated modifications do not depart from the spirit or'scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. n

Having described my invention, what l claim is: f

1. A gate composed of vertical and horizontal lengths of chain material connected at the points of intersection and diagonal lengths of the same material interronnectconnecting Y the ing the vertical and horizontal lengths at one end of the gate, and serving to provide lor even tensioning throughout the entire gate when the 'latter is releasably secured between the gate posts under tension.

2. A gate constructed of cha-in material embodying a brace of the same material and arranged to effect an even distribution or transmission or" strain to all parts of the gate when the latter is stretched between gate posts.

3.1i collapsible chain gate embodying means arranged to effect even distribution or transmission of the strain imposed by stretching the gate between a pair of gate posts or equivalentsupports.

4l. i collapsible chain gate comprising vertical and horizontal lengths of chain material connected at the points of inter-- se tion and strain distributing means intervertical yand horizontal lengths at one end of the gate and serving to provide for even transmission of strain throughout the entire gate when the latter is releasably secured to gate posts under tension.

5. The combination with a pair o gate posts of a flexible and collapsible gate adapted to extend therebetween, means anchoring one end of the gate at a plurality ot points to one of. said posts, means permanently anchoring the remaining end orn the gate to the other post at or near the lower edge of the gate, a ring carried by the last mentioned end of they gate at the upper corner thereof and gate supporting and tensioning means carried by the last mentioned posts for engagement with said ring. f

6, The combination with a pair of` uprights of a lieXible gate anchored along one end to one of said uprights and along the lower edge to the ground between said up- Vrights and adjustable gate supporting and tensioning means carried by the remaining upright for engagement with the free end of the gate. Q ,7. The combination with a pair of upriglrts of a flexible and collapsible gate adapted to be stretched, therebetween, means internas l anchoring the lower edge of the gate tothe ground between said uprights, additional means permanently anchoring one end of the gate toone of said uprights, a ring carried by the free end or' the frate, a. pivoted lever carried by the remaining upright having a hooked extremity adapted to be insorted through said ring and means for holding said lever in various adjusted posiions to tension the gate as required.

8. The combination with a pair or gate posts or" a flexible and collapsible gate composed o'r' vertical and horizontal lengths o chain material connected at the points of intersection, a plurality of anchor bolts embedded in the ground to which the vertical lengths of the gate are connected at their lower ends, additional anchor bolts Vcarried by one of said posts to which the horizontal lengths ot the gate are connected at one end,

single anchor bolt carried by the remainV ing post at or near the ground level, a

plurality of chains connected between'said bolt and the remaining ends of the said horizontal Vlengths ol' the gate, and gate supporting and tensioning means carried by the last mentioned post for engaging and supporting the upper portion of the adjacent end oi" the gate.

9. rlhe combination with spaced. gate posts ot a gate comprising vertical andhori zontal strands of flexible material connected at the points oi intersection, means anchoring one end of the horizontal strands to one of the gate posts, means anchoring the lower ends the vertical strands to the ground between the gate posts, a ring carried by the free endy of the gate at the upper corner thereof, a llever pivoted to the upper portion of the remaining gate post provided with a hooked terminal adapted to be inserted throughsnid ring, a curved raclr carried by the said post in proximity to the'lever and a pawl carried Vby the lever for engaging said rack to hold the hooked terminal of the lever indifferent adjusted positions to ellect the desired tensioning of the gate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix-my signature.

sonner srnwanr CARTER; 

